The Lion

This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued for a business at the sign of the Lion in Thames Street (now Upper Thames Street and Lower Thames Street).

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3103; Obv inscription: AT.THE.LION.IN (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A lion rampant (in field); Rev inscription: THAMES.STREETE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = F.S.I. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See also, NN119350, in the museum collection. Thames Street, now Upper Thames Street and Lower Thames Street, lay within Tower Ward, Billingsgate Ward, Bridge Ward Within (now Bridge Ward), Dowgate Ward, Vintry Ward, Queenhithe Ward and Castle Baynard Ward, City of London.